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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
In brief: Comedy fundraiser, Bethel Art Guild
Comedy fundraiser Beat the winter doldrums and attend a night of comedy at the Bethel Park Community Center at 6 p.m. Jan. 29. The Fifth Annual Funny Fundraiser, hosted by comic David Kaye, will feature well-known comedians Tom Anzalone and Matt Wohlfarth. The event, sponsored by the Bethel Park Historical...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 23, 2022
Patty Yanniruberto sold property at 1119 Clifton Road to Danielle Mitsch for $328,000. Estate of William Rodgers sold property at 584 Clifton Road to Evan Edward Lloyd II and Kelly Marie Gibson for $250,000. Charles Hergenroeder sold property at 375 Fruitwood Drive to Edward and Susan Walker for $251,000. James...
Fisher’s Files: Bethel Park athletic department, students deserve praise
Bethel Park athletics is a top-level organization. I have been covering high school sports for more than 40 years, mainly in South Hills communities, but one of the schools outside my coverage area was Bethel Park. Not anymore. The Bethel Park monthly is in its rookie season, and I’ve been...
Kernan leads way for improving Bethel Park wrestling team
Bethel Park’s Mason Kernan kept his sensational sophomore season intact at the Allegheny County championships held Jan. 14-15 at Fox Chapel. Kernan, competing at 120 pounds, captured a county title with a 6-5 win against Pine-Richland’s Dominic Ferraro in the championship bout. With the victory, Kernan extended his record this...
Depth, height help Bethel Park boys basketball to strong start
Bethel Park’s tall and talented boys basketball team made noise on the court early and often in the first half of the 2021-22 season. The Black Hawks won 10 of their first 11 games, including a 48-44 section victory Jan. 11 at home against Upper St. Clair. “Our greatest strength...
Creation Labs inside The Galleria of Mt. Lebanon brings ideas to life
David Watt had an idea. Aaron Hartman helped bring it to life. Watt of North Huntingdon collaborated with Hartman of Peters to design the CigarmBand for fishermen. Watt wanted to be able to smoke a cigar while having both hands available to cast a net. He drew a picture of...
Bethel Park football players shovel snow out of over 100 driveways, sidewalks
Bethel Park High School football coach Brian DeLallo had an idea for his players to get a workout while learning about community service. In the wake of the Jan. 16 snowstorm, he felt it would do his team and residents some good to clear out driveways and sidewalks. The message...
Bethel Park Public Library eliminating daily fines for overdue materials
Bethel Park Public Library will forgive previously accrued fines for residents and no longer charge daily late fines on overdue materials, officials announced earlier this month. The changes are part of an initiative launched to start the new year. Library director Christine McIntosh said the goal is to “reduce barriers...
Graduations, Dean’s List and academic accolades for Bethel Park students
Anthony Trocano graduated with a master of business administration from Ohio University in the summer of 2021. Sebastian Leis, a junior exploratory major at Slippery Rock University, was part of the cast for its Musical Theatre Society’s “Fall Broadway Cabaret.” Grace Gealey and Lillian Williams were named to the fall...
Bethel Park gets down and dirty on defense to knock off Upper St. Clair
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There were stretches of the Upper St. Clair at Bethel Park boys basketball battle for first place in Section 2-6A on Tuesday that looked like a young child’s finger painting. To Black Hawks coach Josh Bears, the game looked like a priceless...
TV Talk: Mandy Moore previews final season of ‘This Is Us’
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Pre-pandemic, “This Is Us” co-creator/executive producer Dan Fogelman, who lived in Bethel Park as a child, suggested the possibility of shooting scenes for the partially Pittsburgh-set family drama at a Steelers game in the show’s...
Duquesne police chief accused of witness intimidation against father of alleged sex assault victim
Duquesne police Chief Thomas Dunlevy was arrested Wednesday, accused of interfering in an alleged sexual assault case against his friend, including intimidating the accuser’s father. The man accused in the alleged August sexual assault case, Nathan Beck, 20, was a volunteer firefighter in Duquesne and a friend of Dunlevy’s, according...
In brief: Bethel Women’s Club, Harmony Sinters Christmas Show and more around Bethel Park
Women’s Business Network Women’s Business Network is part networking group, part mastermind group, part educational resource. All professional women are welcome to attend as a guest at the meetings for no charge. At the time of publication, many chapters are meeting virtually; please check with the local chapter representative for...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 5, 2021
Sarah Peebles sold property at 413 Barlynn Road to Julia Butzler for $217,500. Mark Boehm sold property at 6101 Boxer Drive to Albert John and Sarah Buerkle for $230,000. JS Bethel Park L.P. sold property at 503 Clifton Road to Buncher Co. for $5,580,007. Brett Steckel sold property at 596...
Bethel Park girls soccer continues resurgence with another playoff season
The turnaround began last year and continued into the 2021 season. After sitting out the WPIAL playoffs from 2015-18, Bethel Park’s girls soccer team qualified last year with a 6-4-2 section record, then continued its upswing this year. The Black Hawks went 5-1-1 in the home stretch of their schedule...
New coach walks into great situation with talent-rich Bethel Park girls basketball program
There’s a new look to the Bethel Park girls basketball program. Samantha Loadman is in her first year as the team’s coach, taking over for longtime legendary floor boss Jonna Burke, who resigned to become a coach and physical education teacher at Shady Side Academy. Loadman is a local product....
Bethel Park teen, a 2-time cancer survivor, committed to keeping his friend’s memory alive
Sean Rovers and Kaylee Kruise met during radiation treatments for brain cancer at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in Lawrenceville. They endured many of the same experiences, from IVs and blood tests to operations and pain. It was during their time there the youngsters discovered they shared a birthday —...
Bethel Park Public Access TV wins 3 Greater Pittsburgh Community Media Awards
Bethel Park Public Access TV received three awards out of seven nominations in October during the Fifth Annual Greater Pittsburgh Community Media Awards hosted by Pittsburgh Community Television and WTAE-TV’s Andrew Stockey. The event was a celebration of community media producers at PCTV, Bethel Park Public Access, Moon Community Access,...
In brief: Harmony Singers Christmas show, Art Guild meeting and more in Bethel Park
Lifetime Achievement Award Long-time South Park resident and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Realtor Lori Maffeo was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award, which is presented by the Realtors Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh and given to agents with 25 years in the real estate industry. While 25 years is quite a milestone...
Bethel Park football completes remarkable turnaround, sets stage for future
Bethel Park’s football team won five games this season and qualified for the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs after experiencing a rare winless campaign in 2020. “Yes, we expected to win more often,” coach Brian DeLallo said. “You have to believe you can win to make it happen. We raised our...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 21, 2021
Gerald Teramae sold property at 706 Berrington Ct to Christopher and Patricia Treloar for $251,000. Byron Spice sold property at 5433 Brightwood Road to Abigail Christian Embry for $220,000. Patricia Thomas sold property at 118 Broughton Road to Sparrow Applied Designs Ltd. for $190,000. Ping Zhou sold property at 5365...
Bethel Park School Board election results initially delayed
Reporting of the complete numbers for the Bethel Park School Board race was initially delayed. Now, with 100% of the precincts reporting, Bethel Park school board election returns show leaders of the seven-person race for four, four-year seats are Dan Grzybek with 5,446 votes, Sharon Janosik with 5,233 votes, Gail...
Bethel Fife and Drum Chapter, DAR and Bethel Park Historical Society honor veterans
The Bethel Fife and Drum Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and the Bethel Park Historical Society marked the 100th Anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery on Nov. 11. The Veterans Day ceremony at the Schoolhouse Arts & History Center also honored all...
4 new faces will join Bethel Park council
Bethel Park Council will have four new members next year as complete but unofficial returns have come in from the Allegheny County Office of Elections. Republican John Oaks defeated Democrat Danielle Gosnell in Ward 3 by a vote tally of 685 to 627. Democrat Joe Janosik defeated Republican Donald Harrison...
Deontae Williams moves chains, leads Woodland Hills to 5A win over Bethel Park
Woodland Hills’ Deontae Williams rarely leaves the field for the Wolverines. So it was fitting that the senior quarterback was able to convert several fourth-down conversions in leading Woodland Hills to a 27-23 win on the road over Bethel Park in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs...


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